Industrial Accidents

(asked on 28th August 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent discussions she had with the (a) Health and Safety Executive and (b) Access Industry Forum on reducing the number of serious injuries and fatalities from working at height.


Answered by
Mims Davies Portrait
Mims Davies
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions)
This question was answered on 8th September 2020

The Health and Safety Executive’s (HSE) regulatory activities include inspection and enforcement of workplace activities and will address risks of working at height where they are relevant. In the 2019/20 work year, HSE served 239 Improvement Notices and 809 Prohibition Notices to secure improved management of risk and prevent work where there was uncontrolled risk relating to work at height. HSE also undertook specific of programmes of work targeting industries where incidents relating to work at height are prevalent such as agriculture and construction. HSE has published guidance on steps necessary to tackle this risk in a range of workplaces: https://www.hse.gov.uk/work-at-height/index.htm.

DWP regularly meet with HSE to discuss a range of topics. HSE have recently reiterated their support to the APPG for working at height as it takes forward actions to reduce injuries and fatal accidents. This includes engagement with the Access Industry Forum on this important topic.

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